Metallic heel for shoes



Dec. 18 1923. y

B. PREBLUDA METALLIC HEEL FQR SHOES Filed Oct. 6. 1920 Patented Dec. 18,1923.

BARNEY PREBLUDA, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB. F ONE-HALF TOISIDORE CHERNOCK, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METALLIC HEEL FOR SHOES.

Application filed October 6, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY PREBLUDA, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MetallicHeels for Shoes, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic heels for shoes, andhas for its object to provide a heel comprising a hollow metallic heelmember and a separate heel plate which may be independently secured tothe shoe bottom and securely locked within said hollow metallic heelmember for associating the heel with the shoe and for serving as anauxiliary heel to take part of the load thereon. Another object of theinvention is to provide a light-weight heel plate, which may be securedpermanently to the shoe bottom and which is designed to fit within andinterengage with the heel for detachably coupling the heel with the shoeso that the heel may be removed therefrom when found necessary (as forreplacing purposes) without disturbing the 'shoe or the heel plateaffixed thereto.

Still another object is to provide a simple heel which is designed witha shaped coupling plate having perforated flanges adapted to be secured'to the shoe bottom by the usual nail or clincher method and tointerengagingly fit within recesses provided in the top of the heeltherefor; said plate having an offset heel anchoring base which pro--jects downwardly within the hollow of the heel towards the tread sectionthereof and engages with the coupling screw which clamps and secures theheel in set position with the coupling plate.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be gathered from thedescription following herein and considered in connection with theaccompanying drawing wherein the invention is shown embodied.

The terms employed herein are used in the generic and descriptive senseto designate' the elements illustrated, and are therefore not primarilyintended as terms of limitat on.

Referring to the drawing Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal, sectionalSerial No. 415,025.

view taken through my type of heel shown secured and set with a shoe;

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the heel showing the coupling plate setwith the hollow heel member;

Fig- 3 represents a perspective view of the coupling plate;

Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the hollow heel member;

Fig. 5 represents a sectional view taken on line 5-5 on Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 represents an elevational view showing the coupling plate securedto the shoe bottom;

Fig. 7 represents a development ofthe coupling plate shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 represents a plan view of the couplin plate after shaping; V

F 9 represents an elevational view of a modified type of coupling plate;

Fig. 10 represents a plan view of the coupling plate shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 represents a development of the plate shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawing.

The numeral represents a hollow, shaped, metallic heel which ispreferably made of aluminum so as to reduce the weight thereof to aminimum. The heel 20 is preferably cast with the partition wall 21,which provides the upper and lower chambers 22 and 23, respectively, oneither side thereof. Said heel may be shaped to conform to any of thedifferent styles of heels, as the French heel shown in Fig. 1, with theouter and exposed surfaces enameled in any desired color to suit therequirements of the shoe with which the same is to be associated. Thetop 24: of the heel 20 is preferably thickened around the same to yielda substantial flange for the shoe to bottom on. and said flange isrecessed on the sides of the heel, as shown in Fig. 4, to form the platedepressions 25 and 26, yielding the end plate abutting shoulders 27 and28 at the front portion of the heel and the intermediate abutting lug 29at the rear portion of the heel. The lower chamber 23 is preferablypacked flush with a leather packing 30, as shown in Fig. 1, and is heldsecurely set therein by the an choring bolt 31 which reaches into theupper chamber 22 of the heel through an opening within the 32 providedtherefor in the partition wall 21. To said packing may be aiiixed thetread lift 33 (whether leather or rubber) by suitable nails or screws34:, as shown in said Fig. 1. U

represents the coupling or heel plate which em} with the above heel forecuring the latter to the shoe Said plate s preferably stamped out fromsuitable sheet metal stock (as steel, for example), in substantially theform shown in Figs. 7 or 11, and then shaped into the respective formsshown in S and lOJ Either of said forms present the side flangeswhichlit and within the plate recesses 25 and 26 0;" the heel 20 provided forthe purpose. It will here be noted that the type of coupling plate 35shown in Figs. 3 and 8, will fit the top of the heel 20, as shown inFig. 2, where the flanges 36 and 87 are snugly seated respectiverecesses 25 and 26 provided therefor in the heel, with the front ends ofsaid flanges butting against the abuttimzg shoulders 27 and 28 and therear ends abutting against the abutting lug 29 of the heel. Said flanges36 and 37 are provided with a number of suitable nail. or

. clincher holes l0 by means of which the plate 35 is securely set andaffixed to the shoe S, as shown in Figs. 1. and 6. The plate ispreferably designed with the webs ll and 42, which project from theplate flanges 36 and 37 and form an integral coupling base 43 for theplate. The coupling base is preferably provided with a threaded nut ornipple l which is secured thereto, as by soldering, and adapted to receive the anchoring bolt 31 for clamping the plate 35 and heel. 20securely together. Said coupling base 4-2-5 may be made to fit wellwithin the hollow of the heel 20 and as close to the partition wall 21as may be desired (as indicated by the dotted position shown in Fig. 1)so as to minimize the working moment between the coupling plate and theheel 'member, and thus consequently firmly couples the heel with theshoe, bracing the two together and preventing any tendency on the partof the heel to wiggle or become out of true with it set position on theshoe.

The coupling plate, thus coupled with the heel member 20, forms anauxiliary support or inner heel for the shoe and takes part of the loaddirectly thereon, thus relieving the heel member from the necessity ofbeing directly subjected to the strain of the entire load thereon, as isotherwise the case. Consequently, the heel member 20 is not onlyreinforced by the brace feature provided through the application of theaforesaid plate, but the strain thereagainst is greatly reduced toprovide maximum wearing quali ties thereto.

It will here be noted that by making th coupling or heel plate of sheetsteel and according to the within disclosure, that the same affordslasting feature thereto, sufficient to cope with any or all of theconditions to which the same may be subjected.

The weight thereof is light,'the method of making same is ex remelysimple, and the work of applying the same properly to the shoe, togetherwith the setting of the heel therewith, is even less troublesome thanthe ordinary heels now in use.

it will. further be noted that the coupling or heel plate, in thisparticular case, serves three distinct purposes: First, it provides aform of plate which may be accurately set on the shoe and easily andconveniently secured thereto by the old and customary nailing method;second, it serves as an anchor for the outer'heel member, when fittedand secured together, as hereinabove suggested, withthe least, strain onsaid outer heel member, and absolutely secures and an chors same in setrelation with the shoe; and third, it serves as an auxiliary or innerheel which. takes part of the load thereon and relieves the outer heelmember of the strain otherwise subjected thereagainst. Thus, my type ofheel as herein described provides a heel which is designed to beusefuland-lasting. It is a known factin the present day types ofmetallic heels that the entire load is directed on the heel which isusuallycast thin and is employed without any bracing or reinforcingelements to assist in prolonging the life of the heel. i In themodification shown in Figs. 9 to 11, inclusive, it will be noted thatthe side flanges 36 and 37 are parted for the purpose of providingadditional length to the webs 41 and 42 so tnat if desired said webs maybe shaped, as shown in Fig. 9, to allow the same to fit and set adjacentto the walls of the heel member 20. In the type of plate shown in Figs.3 and 6 said plate webs may or may not be allowed to engage with theheel member 20, according .as may be desired; while in the case of themodified type of plate shown in Fig.10, said webs may be allowed to abutagainst the walls of the heel member without destroying the otherfeatures of the within type of heel as hereinbove described.

It will thus be understood that the within type of heel provides asimple, inexpensive and reliable heel for shoes which may be applied tonew as well as worn shoes, and possesses advantages, not only in the.convenience of application, but in the manufacture and wearing qualitiesof the same, and which advantages are not found in the present day typesof metallic heels.

While the preferred embodiments of my invention have been described indetail, it will be understood that I do notwish to be limited to theparticular construction set forth, since various changes in the form,material, proportions, and in the details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention, or destroying any of the advantages contained in the same,heretofore described and defined in the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention in detail, what I claim as new is:

1. A metallic heel member comprising a hollow shaped outer member havingan interrupted seating flange in its top wall and a tread supportingsection in the bottom thereof, a plate member provided with means forsecurement of a shoe thereto, said plate member interengagingly fittingat its peripheral edge within the seating flange and extending downardlyinto the hollow shaped outer member, and means for securely couplingsaid plate to the tread supporting section of said outer member.'

2. A metallic heel comprising a hollow shaped heel member having aninterrupted seating flange; a plate member having in dependent flangedsections adapted to fit within the seating flange of said heel memberand provided with a depending coupling section projecting downwardlywithin the hollow of said heel member; and a coupling bolt engaging withsaid heel member and said coupling section of said plate member forcoupling said heel and said plate member together to form a unit heel.

3. A metallic heel comprising a heel plate having an interrupted flangeprovided with perforations for accommodating nails or clinchers thereinfor securing the plate to the shoe bottom, said plate having a dependingportion provided with a threaded aperture therein; and a hollow shapedheel member provided with a plurality of recessed plate supportingportions along the inner wall thereof, adapted to seat said interruptedflange of said heel plate therein, and a base portion provided with acoupling stud for engaging said threaded aperture of said heel plate forcoupling together said heel member with said heel plate.

4. A metallic heel comprising a hollow shaped heel member provided withan interrupted recess extending along the upper inner edge thereofforming a plate supporting shelf and a closed tread section at thebottom; a plate member having an interrupted perforated flange adaptedto be secured to the shoe bottom and to set within said seat ing flangeof said heel member, said plate member having a depending sectionadapted to project within the hollow of said heel member and providedwith a threaded nipple; and a coupling stud projecting through saidclosed tread section of said heel member engaging with said threadednipple of said plate member and adpated to securely couple said heelwith said plate member together to form the unitheel.

5. A metallic heel comprising a shaped heel member having a hollow upper.chamber provided with a top flange having depressed recesses extendingalong the inner portion thereof; an offset sheet metal stamping forminga heel plate adapted to be securedto the shoe bottom and having aninterrupted and perforated flange interfitting and seating within thedepressed recesses of said heel member with the offset portion of saidplate extending downwardly within said hollow heel chamber; and acoupling member engaging the bottom of said heel member with saidofl'set portion for securely coupling the heel member with said heelplate to form a unit heel therebetween and to enagge the heel membersecurely with the shoe.

6. A metallic heel member comprising a hollow outer member having aninterlocking plate seating flange formed in the upper end thereof, aplate member adapted to be secured to the shoe and provided with aninterrupted peripheral flange, said flange being adapted tointerlockingly fit within said seating flange, and means for securelycoupling said outer hollow member to said plate member.

In witness whereof, I hereunto a'i'fix my signature, this 4th day ofOctober, 1920.

BARNEY PREBLUDA.

